Saxon Duchies. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Civil Division, Ii Class Knight’s Cross Province of China A pair of 1939 Iron

A pair of 1939 Iron Crosses produced according to the regulations of 1957

(Luftwaffe Zigarettenetui)

the mask itself measuring approximately 170 mm wide x 200 deep

The obverse ricasso is stamped with a serial number of “T 1257”

two with blue enamels

Saxon Duchies. A Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Civil Division, Ii Class Knight’s Cross Province of China A pair of 1939 Iron(Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden Ritterkreuz II. Klasse). Instituted 25 March 1833 by Duke Ernst I of Coburg Gotha, Duke Friedrich of Altenburg, and Duke Bernhard Erich Freund of Saxony Meiningen. (1890 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms completing in ball finials, the obverse bearing a central Gold medallion overlaid by a leftward facing profile of Duke